Wednesday, August 3, 2011

"Cowboys & Aliens" ties "Smurfs" for box office lead (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ? Sci-fi Western "Cowboys & Aliens" landed in a dead heat with animated family film "The Smurfs" at the weekend box office with each movie taking in about $36.2 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.

Superhero flick "Captain America: The First Avenger" finished third with $24.9 million in ticket sales during its second weekend in theaters.

"Cowboys & Aliens" was released by Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast Corp. Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp, distributed "The Smurfs." "Captain America" was released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110731/media_nm/us_boxoffice

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